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Psalm 102:18
This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise the LORD,
16For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
18This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise the LORD,
19for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the LORD saw the earth,
20to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,
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A written record reaches toward people yet to be created, stretching your view of praise beyond those alive to see what God has done.
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Isaiah 43:21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.Both passages connect a people’s creation with their praise of the God who made them.
Romans 15:4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.Both passages describe writings that serve later readers, with praise in the psalm and learning and hope in Romans.
Psalm 22:30–31Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.Both passages look toward future generations who will hear about the Lord and respond to him.
Isaiah 43:1But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You …Both passages speak of the LORD creating a people; Isaiah names that people as Jacob and Israel.
Psalm 78:4–6We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.Both passages connect praise of the LORD with preserving an account of his deeds for the generation to come.
Psalm 78:6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,Both passages look beyond living hearers to children yet to be born who will receive what has been preserved.
1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out …Both passages describe a people whose response to God is to proclaim his praise or excellence.
Psalm 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.Both passages anticipate people yet to be born hearing an account of what God has done.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.Both passages speak of people being created, with praise named in the psalm and good works named in Ephesians.
2 Peter 1:15Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.Both passages show concern that a message remain available beyond the lives of those who first passed it on.
2 Corinthians 5:17–18Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.Creation is the shared language: the psalm anticipates a people to be created, while Paul describes anyone in Christ as a new creation.
Deuteronomy 31:19–30“Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against …Both passages preserve words in writing for others to receive, though Deuteronomy’s song serves as a witness against Israel.
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The prayer of the destitute belongs in the record passed down. People yet to be created will have reason to praise YHWH who heard it.
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